Sell Up & Sail, 5E

By Bill and Laurel Cooper

352 pp. 8 page color section. 40 b&w photos. 2006. Paperback. $34.95
ISBN 1 57409 219 7

This is the highly readable account of how a couple opted out of the rat race and took to a life at sea. Since the printing of the first edition, this book has become the bible on how to live a cruising lifestyle. It is concerned less with sailing technique and seamanship than it is with attitudes and practical matters; how to organize finances, select a cruising boat, pack the proper tools, and stow and preserve food. Also included is a special test designed by the authors to help boaters think about and question their reasons for taking up a cruising lifestyle.

This fifth edition has been updated and revised to include far-reaching changes in navigation, electronics and communications as well as government regulations and other recent developments that may affect the long term cruising sailor’s life afloat. 

“It is packed with sound advice from taking the plunge and selling up, to every aspect of the cruising life…” –Midwest Book Review

“Advice on every aspect of cruising you could think of.” –Yachting World

“First rate reading for serious planner and hopeless dreamers alike.” –Practical Boat Owner

"For many cruisers Sell Up & Sail by Bill and Laurel Cooper has been the cruising bible since it was first published in 1986. Now Sheridan House is releasing the fifth edition of this classic."—Soundings

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